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Routines are insignificant for most, but for those recovering after a surgery or a fall, returning to everyday life is a milestone to celebrate.

New health-care technology is bringing those everyday milestones closer to reach for many residents at Harriman Care and Rehabilitation.

This technology, called VirtuSense, is new to the health-care marketplace. It empowers physical therapists to pinpoint metrics down to the centimeter and to help patients return to their everyday lives faster.

Christopher Wayne Best didn’t view his sentencing for bank robbery on Thursday as a negative.

“I’m going to take whatever time you give me as a blessing and try to be a better person,” Best told Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan.

The federal guidelines called for a sentence range of 46 months to 57 months. Varlan kept it on the low end and sentenced Best to 46 months.

“The court appreciates the defendant’s statement,” Varlan said.

The second time should be the charm for Kingston’s Spring Street Fest in Courthouse Square Saturday. The original event scheduled for March 23 was cancelled due to rain

City leaders predict the event will build on the success of October’s Fall Street Fest.

“It’s springtime, and people are ready to get outdoors,” said Debbie Russell, events coordinator for Kingston Parks and Recreation Department.

“If the weather holds out, we will probably have more people,” she said.

Gentle reader, we must this week beg your indulgence for any shortcomings in this production.

This plea is occasioned by the old curmudgeon’s having fallen victim to another of the frailties that too often beset those of a certain age. In this case it is our teeth that have decided to give up the ghost and malfunction to a faretheewell.

Adequate ingestion of nourishment is difficult, if not well-nigh impossible with two broken teeth, thus we have placed our self in the capable hands of Dr. Walmsley for the installation of a ‘’bridge.”